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So, I came across a good, informative article on the RERA (Real Estate Regulatory Authority) Act and decided to share it. This act is targeted at the Indian real estate sector and supposed to govern the workings of the same. Here is the link of the article –

The RERA Act is hoping to solve the problem of delayed property possession by the developers. It is a real boon to the working-class people who have invested their entire savings in buying their dream home. HomeCapital, on the other hand, is trying to solve the problem of huge down payment burden on the prospective buyers by providing zero-cost EMI loans to the said buyers to aid them in coming up the requisite home down payment amount to buy their dream homes. Between these two, they should be able to make home-buying easier and more reliable for the working class segment.

Are you a first time home buyer? Then you will have an entire list of things to check off before you actually buy a home. If you are an Indian aspiring homeowner then you have the added burden of coming up with around 10%-20% down payment amount for buying your first home. Most of us try to come up with this down payment amount in the form of our savings, borrowings from friends/family, dissolving financial assets or selling an old property if one has or taking a personal loan from a bank. These are the most common ways of raising funds for meeting your home down payment needs.

I am sure many Indians must know of the DPA Grants that are available to citizens of other countries like USA, Australia, etc when it comes to buying a home if only because it makes their life easier and helps them to settle down in the home of their choice. Limited down payment capital means having a financial cap on the kind of home you can buy for your first home. Then you have to make do with whatever homes are available in your price range.

Now, thanks to the HomeCapital Program, assistance is available to Indian first time home buyers as well. The assistance is in the form of up to half of the home down payment required and that, too, interest-free. Following are the eligibility criteria for the HomeCapital down payment assistance:

You must be salaried and employed with a reputed company

You must satisfy credit standards of partner financial institutions for down payment assistance

Have been working for a long time now…so yes the question of buying a home now has naturally cropped up in my family. Have started doing the research for it too… But my savings are falling a little short of the down payment required for all the properties that I aspire to buy a home in. I don’t want to go the usual way of borrowing from friends and family to meet my down payment needs.

Luckily, the option of home down payment assistance is now available for Indian first time home buyers or so my friend tells me. HomeCapital is the pioneer company who has started this service for the Indian first time home buyers. Given that all other parameters remain constant and you have a good credit score, now you can be eligible for up to half of the down payment assistance required through the HomeCapital program. The even better part – at zero cost EMI.

They, also, have a list of really awesome properties around Mumbai & Bangalore present on their portal to choose from while looking for your dream home. All in all, the HomeCapital Program seems really promising for first time home buyers like me. Hence, here I am trying to do my bit of creating awareness about it so that the Program reaches and benefits as many people as possible.